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BEND, [L.pando,pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked] 1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow.2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm.3. To direct to a certain point; as, to bend our steps or course to a particular place.4. To exert; to apply closely; to exercise laboriously; to intend or stretch; as, to bend the mind to study.5. To prepare or put in order for use; to stretch or strain. He hath bent his bow and made it ready. Ps.7.6. To incline; to be determined; that is, to stretch towards, or cause to tend; as, to be bent on mischief.7. To subdue; to cause to yield; to make submissive; as, to bend a man to our will.8. In seamanship, to fasten, as one rope to another or to an anchor; to fasten, as a sail to its yard or stay; to fasten, as a cable to the ring of an anchor.9. To bend the brow, is to knit the brow; to scowl; to frown.BEND, v.i. To be crooked; to crook,or be curving. 1. To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west.2. To jut over; as a bending cliff.3. To resolve, or determine.[See Bent on.]4. To bow or be submissive. Is.60.BEND,n. A curve; a crook; a turn in a road or river; flexure; incurvation. 1. In marine language, that part of a rope which is fastened to another or to an anchor. [See To bend. No.8.]2. Bends of a ship, are the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They are reckoned from the water, first, second or third bend. They have the beams,knees, and foot hooks bolted to them, and are the chief strength of the ship's sides.3. In heraldry, one of the nine honorable ordinaries, containing a third part of the field, when charged, and a fifth, when plain. It is made by two lines drawn across from the dexter chief, to the sinister base point. It sometimes is indented, ingrained, &c.BEND, n. A band. [Not in use.]
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BEND, [L.pando,pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked] 1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow.2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm.3. To direct to a certain point; as, to bend our steps or course to a particular place.4. To exert; to apply closely; to exercise laboriously; to intend or stretch; as, to bend the mind to study.5. To prepare or put in order for use; to stretch or strain. He hath bent his bow and made it ready. Ps.7.6. To incline; to be determined; that is, to stretch towards, or cause to tend; as, to be bent on mischief.7. To subdue; to cause to yield; to make submissive; as, to bend a man to our will.8. In seamanship, to fasten, as one rope to another or to an anchor; to fasten, as a sail to its yard or stay; to fasten, as a cable to the ring of an anchor.9. To bend the brow, is to knit the brow; to scowl; to frown.BEND, v.i. To be crooked; to crook,or be curving. 1. To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west.2. To jut over; as a bending cliff.3. To resolve, or determine.[See Bent on.]4. To bow or be submissive. Is.60.BEND,n. A curve; a crook; a turn in a road or river; flexure; incurvation. 1. In marine language, that part of a rope which is fastened to another or to an anchor. [See To bend. No.8.]2. Bends of a ship, are the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They are reckoned from the water, first, second or third bend. They have the beams,knees, and foot hooks bolted to them, and are the chief strength of the ship's sides.3. In heraldry, one of the nine honorable ordinaries, containing a third part of the field, when charged, and a fifth, when plain. It is made by two lines drawn across from the dexter chief, to the sinister base point. It sometimes is indented, ingrained, &c.BEND, n. A band. [Not in use.] |
BEND, n.A band. [Not in use.] – Spenser.
BEND, n.- A curve; a crook; a turn in a road or river; flexure; incurvation.
- In marine language, that part of a rope which is fastened to another or to an anchor. [See To bend, No.8.]
- Bends of a ship, are the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They are reckoned from the water, first, second or third bend. They have the beams, knees, and foot hooks bolted to them, and are the chief strength of the ship's sides. – Encyc. Mar. Dict.
- In heraldry, one of the nine honorable ordinaries, containing a third part of the field, when charged, and a fifth, when plain. It is made by two lines drawn across from the dexter chief, to the sinister base point. It sometimes is indented, ingrailed, &c. – Johnson. Encyc.
BEND, v.i.- To be crooked; to crook, or be curving. – Sandys.
- To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west.
- To jut over; as, a bending cliff.
- To resolve, or determine. [See Bent on.] – Dryden.
- To bow or be submissive. – Is. lx.
BEND, v.t. [pret. bended or bent; pp. bended or bent. Sax. bendan, to bend; Fr. bander, to bend, bind or tie; Ger. binden, to wind, bind or tie; D. binden, the same; Sw. banda, to bind; Dan. binder, to bind; L. pando, pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked; It. banda, sidewise; benda, a fillet or band; bendare, to crown; Sp. pandear, to bend or be inclined, to bulge out, to belly; pandeo, a bulge or protuberance; pando, jutting out. The primary sense is, to stretch or strain. Bend and bind are radically the same word.]- To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow.
- To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm.
- To direct to a certain point; as, to bend our steps or course to a particular place.
- To exert; to apply closely; to exercise laboriously; to intend or stretch; as, to bend the mind to study.
- To prepare or put in order for use; to stretch or strain.
He hath bent his bow and made it ready. – Ps. vii.
- To incline; to be determined; that is, to stretch toward, or cause to tend; as, to be bent on mischief. It expresses disposition or purpose.
- To subdue; to cause to yield; to make submissive; as, to bend a man to our will.
- In seamanship, to fasten, as one rope to another or to an anchor; to fasten, as a sail to its yard or stay; to fasten, as a cable to the ring of an anchor. – Mar. Dict.
- To bend the brow, is to knit the brow; to scowl; to frown – Camden.
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Bend
- To
strain or move out of a straight line] to crook by straining; to make
crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to
bend a bow; to bend the knee.
- To be
moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to
bow.
- A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction
or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body;
a bend in a road.
- A band.
- To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to
incline.
- To jut over; to overhang.
- Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
- One of the honorable ordinaries,
containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field
diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
- To apply closely or with interest; to
direct.
- To be inclined; to be directed.
- A knot by which one rope is
fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
- To cause to yield; to render submissive; to
subdue.
- To bow in prayer, or in token of
submission.
- The best quality of sole
leather; a butt. See Butt.
- To fasten, as one rope to
another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an
anchor.
- Hard, indurated clay;
bind.
- same as caisson
disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
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Bend BEND, [Latin pando, pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked] 1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow. 2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm. 3. To direct to a certain point; as, to bend our steps or course to a particular place. 4. To exert; to apply closely; to exercise laboriously; to intend or stretch; as, to bend the mind to study. 5. To prepare or put in order for use; to stretch or strain. He hath bent his bow and made it ready. Psalms 7:1. 6. To incline; to be determined; that is, to stretch towards, or cause to tend; as, to be bent on mischief. 7. To subdue; to cause to yield; to make submissive; as, to bend a man to our will. 8. In seamanship, to fasten, as one rope to another or to an anchor; to fasten, as a sail to its yard or stay; to fasten, as a cable to the ring of an anchor. 9. To bend the brow, is to knit the brow; to scowl; to frown. BEND, verb intransitive To be crooked; to crook, or be curving. 1. To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west. 2. To jut over; as a bending cliff. 3. To resolve, or determine.[See Bent on.] 4. To bow or be submissive. Isaiah 60:1. BEND,noun A curve; a crook; a turn in a road or river; flexure; incurvation. 1. In marine language, that part of a rope which is fastened to another or to an anchor. [See To bend No.8.] 2. Bends of a ship, are the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They are reckoned from the water, first, second or third bend They have the beams, knees, and foot hooks bolted to them, and are the chief strength of the ship's sides. 3. In heraldry, one of the nine honorable ordinaries, containing a third part of the field, when charged, and a fifth, when plain. It is made by two lines drawn across from the dexter chief, to the sinister base point. It sometimes is indented, ingrained, etc. BEND, noun A band. [Not in use.] |
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